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This letter was sent to us, anonymously, regarding the Nash County Commissioners meeting on February 1, 2010.

Robert,

At this morning’s meeting, commissioners again sat silently until a vote was taken on just how to finance the new school construction. They then stuck it to the voters.

The usual procedure, per the N.C. Constitution, for floating a bond, is to list it on the next ballot for voter approval. The idea of getting voter approval to increase our indebtedness started to backfire as governments attempted to take us deeper and deeper into debt and the voters began to reject some of these bonds.

So, our legislature devised a bypass around the people by passing a law whereby some of the public buildings can be listed as collateral for the bonds instead of listing the good faith and credit of the people. By doing this, they can float a bond without ever asking the voters for approval.

At this mornings commissioner meeting, they once again rejected a bond referendum using the excuse of the urgency of the moment. The vote was 4-3 with the four tax and spend democrats voting to take the short-cut. When given an opportunity by Commissioner Wayne Outlaw to assure the voters that a tax increase would not be necessary, the same four democrats again declined to add such a statement to the financing resolution.

Three of these commissioners are up for re-election even though two of them are insulated and protected by racial gerrymandering.

It’s great to know that our county commissioners have no problem saddling future generations with debt.

While President Obama may stoop to name calling when he called it the teabag movement of anti-government extremists (maybe he has some kinky fascination…), we know that the Tea Party movement is about mainstream Americans fed up with excessive and out of control government. The movement is not anti-government as Mr. Obama says it is, but is anti-stupidity and complacence. We as a nation can not afford more government and yet 220 congressmen voted to rip over a $trillion$ dollars from our hands so that they can, as some say, be part of history. Next election many of them will be history!

The Roanoke Valley Patriots are holding a Tea Party Rally in Roanoke Rapids, NC.

Date: Saturday 14 November 2009
Location: Roanoke Rapids
Collier Harley Davidson (across from Wal-Mart) I-95 Exit 173
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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The Roanoke Valley Patriots will be sending Christmas stockings to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan so please bring stocking stuffers for the men and women serving in those harsh zones. Small items mean a lot when far from home and the modern conveniences. Chapstick, athletic socks, packaged snacks, small bottles of shampoo, tooth paste, tooth brushes, etc. are most appreciated by our soldiers.

A few other ideas:
• Granola bars
• Snack bars
• packaged nuts
• Gum
• Packaged cookies
• Candies
• beef jerky
• small packets of Tylenol, etc.
• hot chocolate mix
• tea mix
• Gatorade mix
• Paperback book
• Eye drops
• Playing cards
• Paperback books, new or used
• Pepperoni sticks
• Frisbees
• Nerf balls
• Fruit snacks
• Crackers
• White socks
• Lightweight knit gloves
• Batteries, AAA, AA, 9 volt
• Toothpaste/brush
• Lip balm
• Nail clippers
• Razors
• Disposable camera
• Word game book
• DVDs & CDs, new or slightly used

NC Senator Kay Hagan is a typical waffling bureaucrat weighing whether supporting this disastrous government take over of health care will cost her the seat.

It is quickly coming down to the debate over inane provisions and whether the Democrats or the Republicans have the better way. The bottom line is that neither party has the better plan. Both the Democrat and the Republican scams are bad news for us as individuals. Both plans will result in a broader provision of decreasing quality health care.

Whether you support the Constitutional position or not, you have to admit that government must have some boundaries or else it will simply morph into a totalitarian oppressor with great assumed and destructive powers. We have seen where unchecked monetary policy, foreign policy, and domestic security policies are slowly eroding our individual liberties in the name of government control and central planning.

We must put pressure on Senator Hagan to vote against this convoluted ill-conceived plan to allow bureaucrats to determine your health options while demanding tribute from each for the privilege of having it forced down our throats.

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Are we expected to believe that the President’s address to the nation’s school children is a spur of the moment talk and can’t be finalized or released until Monday – the day before it’s to be given? The preliminary reports on this indicated that it was to be a plea to the school children to help the president – with what exactly wasn’t revealed. Now with the backlash from parents and school districts, Mr. Obama’s speech writers may be retuning the talk to avoid accusations of attempts to brainwash our children. The President addressing school children on the importance of education, staying in school, studying hard, etc. is a good thing. A president co-opting children to sway parents to embrace the health care take-over, global warming, Iranian nukes, or any other contrived agenda is just dead wrong.

We all need to read the released talk on Monday and if it contains any political agenda we should demand that it not be shown in our child’s school and failing that, demand that our children be excused from being forced to watch.

Government prescribed curriculum has already diminished the quality of education and has likely lead to some of the societal issues we see in the younger generation.

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Looks like Congressman Charles Rangel is an old hand a buying influence. This is another prime example of why we the voters do not need to let these arrogant individuals stay in office for so long. Rangel is under investigation for tax evasion and failure to report a million dollars of income and nearly three million dollars in business transactions. All from a man who writes the nations Tax laws.

The interesting thing about this story is that our own NC 1st congressman – Mr. G.K. Butterfield and two other members of the Congressional Ethics Committee were the receipients of a nice little campaign contribution from uncle Charlie. The most disappointing thing about it is the fact the as a member of the Ethics Committee investigating Congressman Rangel, Mr. G.K. Butterfield sees nothing wrong with receiving money from someone he’s supposed to be investigating.

In the real world, at the very least we call that conflict of interest and at worst taking of a bribe. The bottom line is that anyone contributing money to your campaign certainly will receive some special consideration even if it is subconscious.

Mr. Butterfield should immediately be removed from the Ethics Committee by Congress and then needs to be voted out of office by the public for his conduct in this matter as well as his blind support of the Waxman Climate Change bill and the emerging health care take over.

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In almost twenty years of full time activism, rarely have I seen such an uproar as we’re seeing over Comrade Obama and Congress’ attempt to take over another private industry. My email box has been deluged with hundreds of messages every day for weeks about this so called health care reform. Americans have read the fine print and gone ballistic, as well they should. The wrath of the American people is long over due.

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StopNCAnnexation A Grassroots Effort to End forced Annexation Abuse in North Carolina
Fighting for reform statewide since 2003

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SNCA Action Alert

The House Judiciary II Committee sent notice today that the committee will be considering annexation bills This week at both the Tuesday June 16th AND Thursday June 18th meetings.

The House Judiciary II Committee meets as follows:

10:00 am

Room 421

Legislative Office Building

300 N. Salisbury St. • Raleigh, NC 27603-5925

Downtown Raleigh

THE ONLY TWO BILLS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA ARE H727 and H524!!!!

NO MENTION OF HOUSE BILL 645!!!

H727 is the House bill that matches Senator Tony Rand’s “League of Municipalities Bill”

H524 is the bill that is the result of the Study Commission recommendations.

H524 would accomplish the following things:

- prohibit strip annexations

- increases the density a little

- prohibit annexation of half of a neighborhood

- victims get notice of annexation sent by certified mail

- victims get more information about the process and how to challenge an annexation

- victims get long term financing for the water & sewer infrastructure they didn’t need or want

- GIVES AREAS ON CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER A VOTE!! AND NO ONE ELSE!!

(why has this grossly unfair idea been kept alive for the last two years?????)

H524 would change voluntary annexations by reducing the percentage of property owners needed to petition for annexation from 100% agreement to 75% of the property owners in neighborhoods where half the households have incomes that are 200% or less than the Federal poverty level.

If you live in a neighborhood where the average family has four or five members and they have incomes of 50,000 dollars or less, 75% of the neighbors could force the other 25% to be annexed against their will.

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H524v1.html

THERE IS NO (FAIR) VOTE, NO OVERSIGHT AND NO REQUIREMENT THAT SERVICES BE MEANINGFUL IN EITHER OF THESE BILLS!!

Central water and sewer is not meaningful to people with working septic systems and wells either!

Who among the grassroots would support either of these bills???

Where is House Bill 645????

The calls, letters and emails need to start flowing to the Judiciary II members!!

Find the “J2” committee contact information HERE:
http://www.stopncannexation.com/tracking_annexation_legislation.htm

Catherine Heath
StopNCAnnexation Coalition

http://www.stopncannexation.com

Questions? Reply to this email.

It’s not blackmail, Stephen LaRoque insists – but he said there’s no better way to get his anti-annexation point across to the city of Kinston than to protest the All-America designation the city seeks.

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The North Carolina Senate is attempting to side-step the popular opposition to the practice of forced annexation. The anti-forced annexation opponents want only three simple things – 1. meaningful services, 2. oversight of the process of annexation, 3. a voice in the process. All three requests are well within reason and logic when it comes to government seizing anything from the people. Annexation seizes the income of those annexed as a source of revenue for the municipalities, often without an exchange of any meaningful services. By definition that is theft!

Help give the people a voice against government abuse. Call, write, or email the members of the newly created, heavily biased sub-committee. Tell them SB711 will not do as it does nothing for the citizens. Support Senator Larry Shaw’s SB494.

Please be courteous in all exchanges with elected officials and their staff.

Sub-committee members:

Chair: Sen. Dan Clodfelter – daniel.clodfelter@ncleg.net – 919-715-8331
Senator Fletcher Hartsell – fletcher.hartsell@ncleg.net – 919-733-7223
Senator Floyd McKissick – floyd.mckissick@ncleg.net – 919-733-5953
Senator William Purcell – william.purcell@ncleg.net – 919-733-5953
Senator Larry Shaw – larry.shaw@ncleg.net – 919-733-9349
(Senator Shaw is the sponsor of SB494 – favorable to the citizens)
Senator Josh Stein – josh.stein@ncleg.net – 919-715-6400
Senator Richard Stevens – richard.stevens@ncleg.net – 919-733-5653

Alternate contacts
Senator Soles 919-733-5963
Representative Stiller 919-301-1450
Speaker Joe Hackney 919-733-3451

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Fighting for citizen rights is never without costs – both monetary and personal. Please help support this foundational issue by sending a contribution of any amount to the Oak Level Community Against Forced Annexation at:

OLCAFA
P.O. Box 1071
Nashville, NC 27856

A group of Nash County residents who are urging state lawmakers to reconsider North Carolina’s annexation laws will go to Raleigh today to speak in favor of the proposed measure.

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